Penname: Carolynfromla Real name: Carolyn Young
Member Since: October 20, 2007

Bio:
I teach at the graduate level in Southern California and love the Office. I haven't tried my hand at writing anything yet because I'm a bit intimidated by how great some of the authors here are. :)
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Reviews by Carolynfromla
Summary: Past Featured StoryPam's discovered the world of internet chat rooms. Jim can't resist the chance to be near her in cyberspace. Spoilers up to Cocktails.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Humor, Romance
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 18 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 84660 Read Count: 288867 ePub Downloads: 114
[Report This] Published: March 04, 2007 Updated: May 22, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed 10
Date: October 29, 2007 Title: Chapter 16: After the cups, the marmalade, the tea

I know I'm coming late to the party, but I just want to express my immense admiration for this story - the plot, the emotion, and especially the dialog, which you have a real knack for. You are very, very talented, and I thank you for sharing it. Even if I'm staying up waaay too late on a work night because I CAN'T STOP READING THIS STORY!

Summary: Another Bad! Fic entry, this time in the Pure Smut division.  My hope is that this story is SO bad that parents will force their teens to read it in order to prevent them from gittin' it on.   Guaranteed to kill your sex drive!
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: None
Genres: Claustrophobic Spaces, Oneshot, Parody, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Challenges: Bad Fanfic
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 319 Read Count: 7036 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: March 17, 2007 Updated: March 17, 2007
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Date: October 21, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Birth Control in written form.

OMG - "neener, neener"? Too damn funny!

Summary: Our Dynamic Duo runs into a pair of "Lovebirds". The question is: Will Jim save the Cheerleader?
Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: Katy, Roy
Genres: Holiday, Humor
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2573 Read Count: 2632 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: May 21, 2007 Updated: May 21, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed 9
Date: November 17, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: ChromaGirl and her sidekick, BeigeMan

adorable.

Author's Response: Thanks, Carolynfromla!  Muggins and I had a lot of fun doing this!

Summary:

This is an idea I've had for a long time. It is inspired by the very end of the Six Feet Under series finale (hence the title), and it seems that the 55 word style would be perfect for it. Each chapter will focus on a different Office character. 20 chapters are planned.

I do not own these characters, and would not do this to them if I did. No copyright infringement intended.


Categories: Other, Future
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: None
Warnings: Other Adult Theme, Violence/Injury
Challenges: 55 Words To Leave Scranton
Series: None
Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1154 Read Count: 65975 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: September 06, 2007 Updated: November 15, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed
Date: November 14, 2007 Title: Chapter 18: Separation

I loved these - so sweet and so sad. My only problem is a medical one: if Jim had a degenerative disease, it's unlikey he'd live into his 90s, or, if he developed it so late in life, it's unlikely that he'd linger as long as it seems he did. I would just expect to see him die younger, or else have some other ailment like cancer that might strike so late and last so long. Sorry to be a downer, though I suppose the topic calls for it.

Author's Response: Good point, but in my own defense, I suppose medicine could have changed quite a bit by 2072,

Summary: Past Featured Story

First date. Anxiety and hope and terror and euphoria.

Last chapter is up! New beginnings, new rating.

 


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Romance, Steamy
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5795 Read Count: 54247 ePub Downloads: 9
[Report This] Published: September 29, 2007 Updated: November 09, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed 7
Date: October 31, 2007 Title: Chapter 5: Pomegranate

Of all the "first date" stories out there, this one seems most authentic. I can really picture the characters we know from the show acting and speaking this way. Great job.

Author's Response: Thank you!  That's the most important part to me when I'm writing about them.  Glad you thought so :)

Summary: What really happened at the Estate Sale? Spoilers thru 401 - Fun Run.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Claustrophobic Spaces, Romance, Steamy, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4348 Read Count: 15693 ePub Downloads: 4
[Report This] Published: October 01, 2007 Updated: October 02, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed
Date: November 16, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Part 1

At first I didn't remember the celebrity sex tape scene from the beginning of the episode - I thought the celebs Jim asks Pam about in this story was his way of getting her to describe what she saw of Michael's "dangling participle." Except for the Paris reference, it actually kind of works that way too!

Summary: Past Featured Story

MEMBER'S CHOICE TOP NOMINEE - Jim and Pam must interact in network sponsored live chats to promote their documentary. Angst (and maybe some smut) ensue.

Story now complete.

 


Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related
Characters: Ensemble, Jim/Karen, Jim/Pam, Pam/Other
Genres: Angst
Warnings: Adult language, Moderate sexual content
Series: Reality Reality TV
Chapters: 23 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 51174 Read Count: 147755 ePub Downloads: 48
[Report This] Published: October 11, 2007 Updated: November 16, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed 10
Date: November 04, 2007 Title: Chapter 15: OIC

I am addicted to this story. It's almost painfully drawn out, but that's part of what makes it so wonderful I suppose. :)

Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed 5
Date: November 06, 2007 Title: Chapter 17: IRL

Ok, ok, I'll only hate you a little for this chapter. The story is so good that I can give you the benefit of the doubt, for a few more chapters at least. :)

Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed 5
Date: November 01, 2007 Title: Chapter 13: IM

I continue to love this story, but something in this chapter didn't sit right with me. Would JIM/Jim really start IM'ing PAM in the middle of his chat with Pam? I get that his convo with Pam got him thinking of PAM, but I think he's too nice a guy, and likes Pam too much, to multi-task like that. It'd be more reasonable to me if perhaps there were some delay in Pam's response to him - like she had to answer the phone or get her laundry or something - during which he decided to start the IM. Just my two cents. Please keep the stories coming. I am addicted. :)

Author's Response:

You know, I thought about all of that (though I wasn't clever enough to have Pam have to go and do something) but I really wanted to have the conversations going on at the same time. I really value your feedback, though, and I think the next chapter will get things back on track.

 

Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed
Date: October 25, 2007 Title: Chapter 12: BFFs

I continue to love this fic. It's so creative and different, so compelling. Thanks for such wonderful stories.

Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed 6
Date: October 24, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: TTYL

I am addicted. Please quit your day job so that you can feed my voracious need for more!

Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed
Date: October 21, 2007 Title: Chapter 8: EMAIL

This story is so great - I'm really getting wrapped up in it!

Summary:

He’s shifting noisily in his bed, and you hear him grunt quietly in frustration before he mutters, “I swear, these mattresses are made of straw.”

SPOILERS up to, and including, Money.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Fluff, Oneshot, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1089 Read Count: 8229 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: October 20, 2007 Updated: October 20, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed 10
Date: October 20, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Whenever You Want, Now

Who would have thought that steamy/smut could be so beautiful? The repeated line and the last paragraph brought tears to my eyes. A really nice job.

Summary: A super-heavy piece inspired by Money and "First Day Of My Life" by Bright Eyes.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Episode Related
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Inner Monologue, Romance, Steamy
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2205 Read Count: 8829 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: October 20, 2007 Updated: October 20, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed
Date: October 20, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Part One

Amazing. You are my favorite author on this site!

Author's Response: Yay! That's never bad to hear.

Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed
Date: October 20, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Part One

Amazing. You are my favorite author on this site!

Summary:

It's hot, it's steamy and it's real. This may be more fan non-fiction than fiction.  You'll have to read and find out for yourself. 


Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Steamy
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2439 Read Count: 11648 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: October 30, 2007 Updated: October 30, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed
Date: October 30, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: The Beginning, The Climax and The Ending

Very funny - a great antidote to all the sugary perfection stories out there.

Author's Response: Thanks Carolyn. I am surprised that there aren't many anti-sugar perfection stories out there. Surely this isn't the first. Anyway. Thank you for your kind review. 

Summary: Pam's hands grew clammy and her mouth suddenly felt dry. She had to come up with something. There was no way that Jim was ever going to find out what she was really up to. There was just no way.
Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: Jim/Pam, Michael
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Inner Monologue, Oneshot, Romance, Workdays
Warnings: Moderate sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4990 Read Count: 4608 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: November 02, 2007 Updated: November 02, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed
Date: November 02, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

What a sweet story!

Author's Response: Thanks very much!

Five at One by McGigi Rated: K [Reviews - 24] 6
Summary:

A sequel to "Five Ways Pam Tells Jim She's Pregnant", about a year and a half down the line. Each vignette corresponds to one in the original story, and are five stand-alone realities.  


Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: Dwight, Jim/Pam, Michael, Other, Phyllis, Roy, Stanley
Genres: Angst, Childhood, Fluff, Married
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3809 Read Count: 17193 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: November 06, 2007 Updated: November 07, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed 5
Date: November 06, 2007 Title: Chapter 3: Three: Owen, Evan and Audrey

"...a gift from Pam and Jim in their DNA." What a line, and what a sweet, sweet story!

Author's Response: I\'m glad you liked that part, I really liked imagining it! I\'m glad you like the rest of the story, too, thank you so much for reviewing!

Breakable by LoveFool Rated: T [Reviews - 135] 52
Summary: Past Featured StoryYet another story inspired by a song by Ingrid Michaelson called Breakable. I really wanted to tell a story about people being just that -- breakable, and ultimately how grace helps keep us from falling apart. So yeah -- a nice fluffy holiday piece. ;-)
Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe
Characters: Other, Roy
Genres: Angst, Childhood, Holiday, Humor, Romance
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 15287 Read Count: 33536 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: November 13, 2007 Updated: November 20, 2007
Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed 10
Date: November 18, 2007 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2

"Everything that was wrong with the world was illuminated." That is just such a perfect line. I hope you write "real" stories, too, stories that you can actually own, because you have a great voice for description and you should be able to get rich and famous from it someday.

Reviewer: Carolynfromla Signed
Date: November 19, 2007 Title: Chapter 5: Chapter 5

Damn you! I have to leave for work in 5 minutes and my makeup is ruined from all the crying. You are too good at this. Stop it.

Author's Response: hehehe...I'm so sorry for ruining your make-up! That seems to be going around! Thanks so much for the review! :-)